What is with this "Mohammedden" term?, the more commonly used world-wide term is Muslim. Its hard not to remember Rajeev; not for his mediocre writing, but for earlier Muslim bashing articles. Typical RSS bull.
Coming to Obama race is almost a non-issue, US in its collective conscience has sought to move from the segregationist past and Obama's winning in Fall might just be the emphatic proof that US denounces prejudice. In fact, Obama's biggest supporters have been young white populace. True, there might be some who have indifferent views on race but they are a shrinking minority. Its only in the rest-of-world media that Obama being black is a big deal, maybe for color obsessed Indians he is black, but many sincere Americans don't see him along those lines.
Rajeev cites curiosity as being the main factor Obama has been able to win. Nothing could be further from the truth. Last summer, in one Pennsylvanian village, I saw a middle aged white guy had a handwritten placard, which said "Obama 2008. Obama the voice of reason". At that time, Obama was nobody, but he had already found a unlikely supporter base - white country-side folks. Most of his wins have been in rural white states. The reason is lot of people in US take their civic duties in a democracy seriously than in other parts of the world and they respond to someone who they see as honest and likable.
With regard to him being all talk, yesterday on the debate he refuted that notion by saying that speeches by politici
